Yeah,he picked out Castledale over in Ireland.Not saying the guy doesn't know a good horse.I'd let the drunk pick one out for me.

Desert Stormer was her name.

See,people help you out on this board(when your memory is swiss cheese.)I am not saying the guy is a sidewalk drunk.He is a functioning drunk.

Desert Stormer and Castledale. Doing well for a rummy ex-trainer. So the guy got a bit boozy on the air. It is cable, after all.

I won't forget that filly's name again.I have made the cheat sheet in my head.Whenever I want to remember her name,I will picture Frank in a tank,and rolling across Southern Iraq (while mad drunk.)That will give me the name Desert Storm,and from there,I can conjure up Desert Stormer.Done deal.

are you sure your not drunk, lol.....


a functioning drunk, huh....

so the guy gets boozed up on the set once or twice, that is not cause to label him a drunk, as least he has a job.
i mean its not like he gets boozed up and drunk posts anger at everybody like .... well never mind.

tough crowd, functionng drunk, hmmm

Frank is a star in the racing industry. There was a big feature done on him in one of the majore racing publications a few months ago. I don't remember it was the Blood Horse or which magazine. The feature was entitled "King of the Forrest".

Lives to drink.What can I say.I hope he stays on TVG for a long time.

I'm not sure who you guys were talking about when you mentioned a blonde but if you were talking about Jessica York, she is gone. They did not renew her contract.

is that right, she was only there for a few months, must have been a short contract.

I agree that he is the best they have, BUT NOBODY is bigger than the company and NOBODY is irreplaceable....maybe he displays this type of behavior because he thinks that he is indeed irreplaceable....people like that usually will derail themselves....As much as I like him, TVG would still be on the day after Frank Lyons leaves..I promise..and they wouldn't skip a beat..

Bottomline: He is represneting much more than himslef when he decides to get drunk and go on LIVE television....nobody is above the law when it comes to something like this, NOBODY.....I'm surprised that he has had the ordasity and disrespect to do this on multiple occasions....it is a derailer and he will be derailed soon if he doesn't change his attitude about his profession....Frankly, I'm actually a little surprised this is an on-going issue and they haven't fired him for it...it should not be tollerated..

Just what does Lyons contribute other than a "superior" attitude? I never seem to hear anything from him that I don't already know. Caruthers is twice the handicapper Lyons is; maybe more.

He is good at looking at the condition(and body language) of a horse.He is worth keeping around (if he is close to sober.)I will say that his time spot should be about 3-5 in the afternoon.Don't think he is up to par at the 12 noon,or the1 p.m. hour.

Frank doesnt have a care in the world. He doesnt need the money and he just loves horse racing. Out of all the TVG people, Frank really knows what to look for in a horse. His commentary is dead on accurate and he tells it like it is. He is funny, care-free and I think it adds a little flavor to the tele-cast. He is the type of man to sit in a bar and drink with on a Tuesday afternoon at 11am. The man is Irish, so of course he is going to drink morning, noon and night. Heck, baseball announcers drink all the time in the booth. Harry Carey, Marty Brennanan (spelling) to name a couple. BIG DEAL if Frank is drunk on TV. I love it.

Yeah,I agree,but I would make sure he has the 3-5 shift.

He cant be more annoying than Julie Krone. She does not belong on any TV show.

Lyons as more personality and knowledge on his drunkest day than the rest of them put together on their way out of church. TVG knows exactly the package they got when they signed Lyons. Do the viewers really care that on one or two days he went to work to sober up? Who's better?